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Norway's Arctic islands at risk of 'devastating' warming, report says
Icy Arctic islands north of Norway are warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth and more avalanches, rain and mud may cause "devastating" changes by 2100, a Norwegian report said on Monday. The thaw on the remote Svalbard islands, home to 2,300 people and where ...
Siberian cave findings shed light on enigmatic extinct Denisovan human species
Scientists using sophisticated techniques to determine the age of bone fragments, teeth and artifacts unearthed in a Siberian cave have provided new insight into a mysterious extinct human species that may have been more advanced than previously known. Research published on Wednesday shed light on ...
Russia launches biggest war games in decades
Russia began its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union on Tuesday close to its border with China, mobilizing 300,000 troops in a show of force that will include joint exercises with the Chinese army. China and Russia have staged joint drills ...
Diary offers rare glimpse into Japan's early 20th century battles in Russia
A diary kept by a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy, recounting fierce battles in Siberia when Japan dispatched troops there in the early 20th century, was recently unearthed by Kyodo News. There are few detailed accounts of the war by Japanese troops, with historians ...
Russian strong-woman drags two loaded tram cars amid Siberia deep freeze
Russian strong-woman Oksana Kosheleva dragged two 18-ton tram cars full of passengers along a short track in sub-zero Siberia in her latest public power stunt. The 33-year-old's show of strength, which required six months of training, took place on Monday in her home town of ...
Made-in-Siberia: Russia boasts 'cool' new midrange jetliner to vie with Boeing, Airbus
Russia on Wednesday presented a new medium-range passenger plane that state media said was superior to its Western-made counterparts in many respects and would be snapped up by both Russian and foreign carriers. In a glitzy ceremony at a factory in Siberia attended by Prime ...
Missing Missouri student's corpse found outside Siberia resort; autopsy planned
Russian investigators say the body of an American student has been found on the outskirts of a Siberian village, a week after he vanished from a guest house in the middle of the night. A statement from the Investigative Committee said Colin Madsen's body was ...
Siberia search starts for Missouri student who left lodging without coat
A Russian search is underway for a U.S. student officials say disappeared in freezing conditions after venturing from a guest house in Siberia. Investigators in the Russian republic of Buryatia say 25-year-old Colin Madsen of Jefferson City, Missouri, went missing early Sunday. That's a day ...
Neanderthal DNA reveals Homo sapiens mated out of Africa way earlier than thought
Research showing that our species interbred with Neanderthals some 100,000 years ago is providing intriguing evidence that Homo sapiens ventured out of Africa much earlier than previously thought, although the foray appears to have fizzled. Scientists said on Wednesday an analysis of the genome of ...
Government releases list of over 10,000 Japanese who died in Soviet detention
The government on Thursday released a list of 10,723 Japanese, including soldiers and civilians, who died while being held as prisoners by the former Soviet Union following World War II. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare posted the list on its website, releasing for ...
